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Adam, Helen

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1909 - 1993

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Adam Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: PCMS-0079
Abstract Helen Adam (1909-1993) was a poet and visual artist of the San Francisco Renaissance. Born in Scotland, she garnered acclaim at a young age for her collection of poems titled The Elfin Peddlar. After attending Edinburgh University for two years Helen and her sister and frequent collaborator Pat Adam worked as journalists in London before moving to the United States with their mother in 1939. The family made their way to San Francisco, at the beginning of...
Dates: 1890-2009; Majority of material found within 1914-1987

Agate, undated

 File — Box 2: Series II [Barcode: 39072040382560], Folder: 8
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Dates: undated

Daydream of Darkness, undated

 File — Box 2: Series II [Barcode: 39072040382560], Folder: 9
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Dates: undated

Robert Duncan collection

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0110
Abstract

The Robert Duncan collection comprises over 100 linear feet of manuscript material, correspondence, artwork, ephemera, audio visual material, and printed material related to Robert Duncan’s (1919-1988) life and work, including a significant amount of material related to his partner, Jess (1923-2004), a visual artist who often collaborated with Duncan.

Dates: circa 1900-1996; Majority of material found within 1940-1986

Ganymede, undated

 File — Box 2: Series II [Barcode: 39072040382560], Folder: 10
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Dates: undated

Helen Adam, 2000 June 15

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 5
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: 2000 June 15

Helen Adam presentation tape, undated

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 8
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: undated

Helen Adam/Robert Duncan tape 1, 1976 June

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 15
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: 1976 June

Helen Adam/Robert Duncan tape 2, 1976 June

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 16
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: 1976 June

Kristin Prevallet Helen Adam research papers

 Collection
Identifier: PCMS-0119
Abstract

The Kristin Prevallet Helen Adam research papers document the processing of the Helen Adam collection and Prevallet’s research for A Helen Adam Reader and other related projects, ca. 1993-2007.

Dates: 1955-2007; Majority of material found within 1993 - 2007

San Francisco's Burning, undated

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 6
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: undated

San Francisco's Burning, Helen Adam, undated

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 18
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: undated

San Francisco's Burning tape 2, side 3/Helen Adam private reading, undated

 Item — Box 4: Series IV [Barcode: 39072040382586], Item: 2
Identifier: A
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series IV, consists of audiovisual materials that aided in Prevallet’s research or were created by Prevallet during the course of her research. Contained in this series are recordings of interviews Prevallet conducted as well as archival interviews with Adam's contemporaries, recordings of performances and readings of Helen Adam's work, and original works inspired by Helen Adam.

This series is subdivided into subseries based on format.

Dates: undated

The Slow Blue Labyrinth: A Celebration of Agates, circa 1980

 File — Box 2: Series II [Barcode: 39072040382560], Folder: 11
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Series II consists of paper materials used and created by Prevallet while researching the life and work of Helen Adam. They include copies of Adam’s writing with notes by Prevallet, notebooks and individual pages with information and ideas, documents with Helen Adam’s family history, clippings, and transcriptions of interviews and Adam’s handwritten poetry.

Dates: circa 1980
Additional filters:
Type
Archival Object 11
Collection 3
 
Subject
American poetry -- 20th century 2
Beat generation 2
Poetry -- Women authors 2
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Archives 1
Poets, American--20th century 1